Leadership
Business Growth Mentors: Are They Worth Their Salt?
Many coaches and other service businesses find themselves frustrated with business growth. At that point, it’s not uncommon to turn to a mentor a/k/a business coach a/k/a marketing coach. But... read more
Sales Coaching – What Are You Doing for Your Top Performers?
One sales coaching question frequently asked is – Where should we focus our sales coaching efforts to optimize the impact on revenue generation? Fortunately that question has been answered. The... read more
Learning To Lean in After a Career Setback
Back in March of 2003, my career was in full swing. I was a business consultant for a top firm, traveling each week to my clients. The work was engaging... read more
Run Shorter, More Frequent Meetings
Every day in corporate America there are roughly 71 million meetings taking place. It is estimated that time spent in meetings costs approximately $550 billion each year. That is of... read more
Pope Francis and the Language of a Turnaround
The more I’ve read about the Pope Francis, the more it sounds like he’s taking on the business world’s equivalent of a turnaround. Consider the following words and snippets mined... read more
5 Business Lessons Kids Could Teach CEOs
With age comes wisdom, or so we’re told. The truth is, all of us can learn a lot from children—and that goes double for CEOs. Experience counts for a lot,... read more
Leadership Expert: Managing Teams and Business Changes
Businesses juggling change management efforts and strategic initiatives as they work to adapt or reposition their organization to cost-efficiently and effectively operate in the new market reality often face a... read more
The Worst Things You Can Do to Your Creative Employees
Whatever negative impression you have about the creatives in your team, the fact of the matter is you can’t work without them.... read more
How to Get Introverts to Talk in Meetings
If you’ve ever held a meeting and gotten frustrated because only the extraverts are talking, I bet you’ve asked yourself this question. What can you possibly do to get the... read more
6 Ways to Gain a New Perspective and Become a Wiser Leader
The perspective we have as leaders develops over time from the knowledge and experiences we’ve acquired, and the choices we’ve made up till now. It represents how we view ourselves... read more
On Earning Trust
Trust is like a vase.. once it’s broken, though you can fix it the vase will never be same again. Unknown Whether you have started a new profession like teaching,... read more
Effective Management: “Leading the Company”
Honestly speaking, more, than just enough have now been investigated, researched and reported about the possibly most effective management strategies in different business fields. Yet, can we ever suggest that... read more
5 Ways to Always Say the Right Thing
The higher up we are in the power hierarchy, the less preparation we think we need. Leaders sometimes become less effective over time, rather than more effective, in terms of... read more
Employee Engagement And Your Operational Strategy
Employee engagement – right brain, touchy, feely stuff. Operational strategy – left brain, geeky, analytical stuff. Miles apart, right? Not as much as you would think. Historically, operational strategy has... read more
Ron Johnson Ousted As JCPenney CEO
In 2000 the average tenure of a CEO was 10 years. In 2008 it was down to 8 ½, signaling a slightly higher degree of corporate and brand accountability by... read more
